Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 1

by Garry Kasparov

Overview

The battle for the World Chess Championship has witnessed numerous titanic struggles which have engaged the interest not only of chess enthusiasts but also of the public at large. The chessboard is the ultimate mental battleground and the world champions themselves are supreme intellectual gladiators. This magnificent compilation of chess form the basis of the first part of Garry Kasparov's definitive history of the World Chess Championship. Garry Kasparov, who is universally acclaimed as the greatest chessplayer ever, subjects the play of his predecessors to a rigorous analysis. Part one features the play of champions Wilhelm Steinitz (1886-1894), Emanuel Lasker (1894-1921), Jose Capablanca (1921-1927) and Alexander Alekhine (1927-1935 and 1937-1946).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781781945155
Publisher:	Everyman Chess
Publication date:	08/07/2020
Pages:	466
Sales rank:	506,206
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 9.50(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Garry Kasparov is generally regarded as the greatest chess player ever. He was the thirteenth World Champion, holding the title between 1985 and 2000. His tournament record is second to none, featuring numerous wins in the world's major events, often by substantial margins. Over the last few years he has taken first prize in ten consecutive major international events.

Read an Excerpt

EXTRACT FROM STEINITZ CHAPTER:Steinitz was born in a Prague ghetto, into the family of a petty hardware merchant, in which he was child number thirteen(!). He learned chess by watching his father playing. After finishing school in the mid-fifties, he continued his education in Vienna, which had ancient chess traditions (it is sufficient to recall the names of Allgaier, Hamppe and Falkbeer). When in London and Paris the fame of Morphy and Andersen was at its height, in a small Vienna café a certain poor student was making a living by playing for stakes...

Table of Contents

(1) Introduction; (2) Champions before Steinitz; (3)Wilhelm Steinitz; (4)Emanuel Lasker; (5)Jose Capablanca; (6) Alexander Alekhine

Interviews

This work, the first part of a trilogy, will undoubtedly be regarded as the major chess work of recent times. Kasparov is generally regarded as the greatest player ever and so his thoughts on his predecessors will be of great interest to the chess public at large.